Hellobee

“the average child in England stops believing in Santa just around age 8 while Scottish rugrats hold on until they’re just over 8 and a half. (Boyle doesn’t break out the American average, but a small survey conducted 40 years ago found that 75 percent of 8 year olds in the U.S. no longer believed, so take […]

I am all about keeping the Christmas magic alive in our house. I like to decorate, I love that sneaky little elf on the shelf, and we read Shristmas books every night in December. We have an elaborate countdown which involves two chocolate advent calendars, a gingerbread man who changes his sleeping spot for 24 […]

My son just turned 8 this month, and I wonder if this will be the last year that he believes in Santa. Since we moved to the Philippines two years ago, we started downplaying Santa because we couldn’t explain why Charlie and Olive got so many presents for Christmas while many local kids didn’t get […]

I grew up believing in Santa as a child and have been thinking about him frequently now that it’s the holidays and I have children of my own. I’m not the only one — Mrs. Dolphin’s post has some great suggestions on how to approach the idea of presents and Santa Claus. When I take the time to […]

I never thought I would care about Santa photos. In fact, last year I swore we weren’t even going to take Jackson for one because he didn’t know the difference. But, my mother insisted on taking me…and now it’s one of my favorite things to do this time of year! It’s a cheesy, silly tradition, […]

As devout Christians, Christmas is all about the birth of Jesus and the gift that he was to the world. We celebrate with church services, songs, and Advent candles. Even the star on top of our Christmas tree is representative of the star that the shepherds followed to Bethlehem. On the other hand, we have […]

I wasn’t sure how to determine which gifts came from us and which gifts came from Santa because we never did Santa growing up. But since they had short lists this year (a cat doll for Olive and a Megatron action figure/Decepticon symbol for Charlie), I decided that their one big gift could come from […]